Apparatus for manufacturing belting



E. F. GINGHAS.

APPARATUS FOR MNUFACTURlNG BELTING. APPucAnou man rss. 9,3917. nmswso FEB. lz. 1920. 1,351,901 PatentedSept. 7, 1920.

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` E. F. GINGRAS.

APPARATUS FOR MANUFACTURING BELTING. APPLlcmoN mfp fes. 9. 1917. ssnzwzn ris. 12. 1920.

PatentedSept. 7, 1920.

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, INVENTOR Ms a-H-orne E. F. GINGRAS.

APPARATUS FOB MANUFACTURING BELTING.

APPucATloN mio ria. s. 1911. nsuzwtn ma. lz, 1920.

1,35 1,901 Pa'ndSept. 7, 1920.

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STATES PATENT oFFlcE.

.APPARATUS FOR MANUFACTURING BELTING.

.application :tiled February 8, 1917, Serial No. leSOS. Renewed. February 1.2, 195th. Serial No. 358,131.

To all lwhom 'it may concern.

13e it known that 1, EDWARD F. GIrIGRAs, a citizen of the United States, residing at Buffalo, in the county of Erie and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Apparatus for Manufacturing Belting; and I do hereby de- Clare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the same, suoli as will enable others skilled in the art to which 1t appertains to make and use the same, reference being had A to the accompanying drawings, and to figures of reference marked thereon, which form part of this specification.

Like 'lgures of reference refer to like parts.

rThis invention relates to apparatus foi` making belting, particularly that kind thereof made from cotton and leather, wherein the cotton is used for strength and the leather for friction.

One object of this invention is to provide apparatus which is suitable for treating the cotton bands in a manner to Vput the same in a fixed stretched condition before applying the leather.-

Another object is to provide apparatus adapted to the treating and manufacture ofl belting of comparatively great length in one piece in an ordinary sized factory room,

without using an extra long space for stretching the belting all in one line.

A further object is to provide apparatus for treating the belting and allowing it to dry in a stretched condition.

Another object of my invention is to provide an apparatus for treating and making belting which is adapted to the production of belting from pieces of old worn belts and cotton bands of some length, whereby a good lstrong and durable belt can be made for continuous practical service equal or better than an all-leather belt, and at a cost of considerably less, at the present time.-

Another object is to provide apparatus for saturating the cotton and wringing it expeditiously of excess treating solution.

Another object is to provide apparatus for putting a great strain on the saturated belt and for holding the same under the strain until the belt dries.

With these and other objects in View, my invention consists in certain apparatus for making belting, one embodiment thereof being illustrated in the drawings and herein- Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept; .7, 1926.

after described and explained, and what 1T. claim is set forth.

1n the drawings,

Figure 1 .is a sectional elevation of a mill room, showing the arrangement of apparatus adapted to carry out my methody of treating and making belting, and which forms one embodiment of my invention.

F 1g. 2 is a sectional plan view showing the apparatus illustrated in F ig. 1, and taken on the line x-.

Fig 3 is a sectional elevation of my special forrn of water-jacketed tank with rollers, used in immer-sing and wringing out the excess solution from the cotton band.

F 1g. 4iis a perspective view of the pivoted rocking frame on which are journaled the immersing and the wringing rollers.

1n the gures are shown two pulleys 1 and 2 mounted upon the column 3, and one pulley l mounted on the column 5. Upon the upper beams is shown a hanger 6. in which 1s ournaled a line shaft 7 having fixed thereon a pulley 8. Between the columns 3 and 5 are shown a press 9, a windlass 10, a pulley carriage 11 and a tank 12. rllhe press 9 has a standard 13, open below for the free passage of the belt lll, below the table portion 15, over which is adjustably supported the plate 16, by the hand-screw 17, operated by the hand-wheel 18. The belt 14e passes through the space between the plate 16 and the table top or portion 15. Next to the press 9 is the windlass 10, having a frame 19, upon which is journaled a winding shaft 20 and the usual gearing operated by the crank 21. To the shaft 20 is connected the pulley carriage 11, by means of the cable 22, wound on the shaft 20. rThe pulley carriage 11 is mounted on rollers 23, 23 and has journaled upon it the shaft 24, upon which is the pulley 25. Small guiding rollers 26 and 27 are positioned on the carriage 11 to support the belt 14. Other guiding rollers 28 and 28a upon the windlass 10, serve the same purpose. The waterjacketed tank 12 is made up of anexternal tank 12a, in which is suspended an internal tank 12b, which may be heated either by iame or by steam passing through the pipe 29. rlhe external tank 12a is provided with handles 30 and 31. The internal tank 12b is provided with handles 32, and a flange 34 to rest on the top and seal the external tank 12a. Journaled in the upper part of the tank 12b are the rollers 35 and 36,

Fixed to' one side of the tank 1,2b is the bracket 37, upon which are journaled the Aarms 38 and 39 of the rocking frame 40.

I rollers 42 and 36, acting as idlers, may be made of Wood or other materlal. The frame 40 hasan integral lever 46, near the outer end of which.1s caught the fastener 47, provided with a turnbuckle 48. To the shaft 35a of the roller'35 is fixed the pulley 49, connected with the pulley 8 by the belt 50. The cross lines 50a represent a cross belt for reverse rotation of the pulley 49.

In operation, a belt 14 is threaded over pulleys 35 and 36, and the rocking frame 40 is swung from its dotted position over into its full line position, immersing the belt 14. in the liquid 44 and bringing the roller 43 close to the roller 35 for wringing purposes. The belt 14 is next run throug the solution 44 and wrung out as desired by pressing down on the lever 46 and holding same there by the fastener 47, increasingthe wringing pressure by tightening the turn-buckle 48. The belt 14 is caused to pass through the solution 44 by the driving belt 50 revolving the pulley 49, and turning the shaft 35a and the rollers 35 and 43. The belt 14 may be folded upon the oor B if desired, or it may be strung out to engage the roller 26 the roller 28, and pass through the standard 13, is passed around the pulley 4, thence between the table portion 15 and the plate 16 on the press 9, thence over the roller 28a on the windlass 10. The other end of the belt 14 is led over the roller 36 to the pulley 2, thence around the pulley 25,

and around the pulley 1, the ends of the belt are joined at 49a and thus made continuous, the belt 14 is run through the tank 12 until it is thoroughly saturated with the solution 44. The lever 46 is next released from the fastener 47 and turned back toand the tank 12 is next withdrawn releas- 'ing the belt 14 therefrom. rlfhe windlass l0 operated by the crank 21 is next. caused to wind up thecable 22, upon the winding shaft 20, below the carriage 11, to take up the slack in the continuous belt 14. After the slack is thus taken up a further tightening of the cable 22, by means ofv the windlass 10,-may cause any tension in the belt 14 desired, and the windlass l() may be locked in position to hold the belt 14 in its strained tension until the belt 14 dries.

During the drying process the belt 14' may be drawn around the pulleys 1, 2, 25 and 4 as desired. After the belt 14 has become dry friction material, such as cleansed old leather, sized to a definite thickness, is next glued to the belt 14, piece by piece, and intermittently pressed by press 9, whereby the friction material and the belt 14 are squeezed between the parts 15 and 16 of the press until the glue is set, when the process is continued and additional friction material is glued to the belt 14 until the whole belt has been thus prepared, when the joint 49 may be broken and the belt rolled up for shipment.

When using old leather and preparing it for application to cotton, 'as above described, I preferablyl clean the same with gasolene, or other solvents, and then size the leather to a uniform thickness, properly shaving the joint to make a continuous frictional surface. l

If desired more than one belt can be treated at the same time, as shown in Fig. 2, wherein belts 14a, 14'D and 14c of various widths, are treated over the various pulleys such as 1 4, etc.

Belts treated in the above manner have proven in practice to be very serviceable, the cotton giving strength to the belt and the leather giving friction, the leather side, of course, being placed next to the driving face of the driving pulleys.

Any desired solution may be used for saturating the cotton, such as a solution of glue, but it is important for the future running of the belt to have the saturated cotton dried in a stretched condition. No claim is made in the present application to the process.

Modifications of the apparatus used for Ithe stretching and drying of the belt may be used without departing from the scope and spirit of my invention, hence I do not wish to be confined to the one embodiment herein illustrated and described, and I claim.

1.'Apparatus for treating fabric in the manufacture of belting,/thessame consisting of a plurality of rollers disposed to support the fabric in endless arrangement with a portion of such fabric between contiguous rollers forming a rentrant loop between the main runs, a roller disposed in such loop and engaging the bight thereof, means normally tending to press the roller against the bight of the loop to tension and stretch the endless fabric, a tank for receiving a solution, and means mounted upon the tank for defiecting the fabric into the solution contained therein.

' 2. Apparatus for treating fabric in the manufacture of belting, the same comprising a plurality of rollers for supporting the fabric in endless arrangements with a rentrant loop portion, a tension roller supported in the bight of the loop, means normally pressing the tension roller against the bight,

a tank containing a solution, means for deflecting the fabric into the solution of the tank and removing the excess of solution, and a press for acting on a portion of the fabric While the same is under tension.

3. An apparatus adapted for treating and nal freedom to :an endless belt engaging the same,-Whereby said belt may be freely moved in the direction of its length thereon, means for engaging said belt in connection with said pulleys for putting and holding the belt in a stretched condition While the same is held to be freely moved in the direction of its length, and a tank device for impregnating said belt, said device being in the plane of said pulleys and positioned for engaging said belt, to be passed through a solution in said tank. 1

4. An apparatus adapted for treating and manufacturing belting strung out thereon in endless formation, .comprising in combination a plurality of supports, pulleys mounted upon said supports, to be in the same vertical plane, and spaced to give longitudinal, freedom to an endless belt engaging the same, whereby said belt may be freely moved in the direction of its length thereon,

means for engaging said beltin connection with said pulleys for putting and holding the belt in a stretched condition While the same is held to be freely moved in the direction of its length, and a press in the plane of said pulleys positioned for engaging said belt in pressed relation.

5. An apparatus adapted for treating and manufacturing belting strung out thereon in endless formation, comprising in'combination a plurality of supports, pulleys mounted upon said supports, to be in the same vertical plane, and spaced to give longitudinal freedom to an endless belt engaging the same, whereby said belt may be freely moved in the direction of its length thereon, means for engaging said belt in connection with said pulleys for putting and holding the belt in a stretched condition while the same is held to be freely moved in the direction of its length, a tank device for impregnating said belt, said device being in the plane of said pulleys and positioned for engaging said belt, to be passed through a solution in said tankfand a press in the plane of said pulleys positioned for engaging said belt in pressed relation.

EDWARD F. GINGRAS.

Witnesses:

M. K. BARTON, J. EDW. THEBAUD. 

